The next FCE call for projects

There is a single inter-ministry fund to finance competitive clusters’ R&D projects. This fund, totaling € 600 million for the years 2006-2008, is part of the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry’s Enterprise Competitiveness Fund (FCE).

The projects are selected via calls for projects.

Candidate projects must be collaborative R&D ventures, accredited by a competitive cluster, involving at least two firms and a research laboratory or research center.

For the year 2007, the first call for projects closed on December 15th, 2006.

For further information, visit www.competitivite.gouv.fr

The second call for 2007 will open by the end of February 2007.